Parliamentary questions

794. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the provision of a school bus service for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18866/25]

795. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding any initiative ongoing within her Department that seeks to ensure that students studying higher level maths at Leaving Certificate levels have adequate preparedness for third level mathematics courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18883/25]

796. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); if she will address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18888/25]

797. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an application for accommodation will be progressed without further delay due to the urgency in replacing the inadequate present accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18889/25]

798. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the status of a project under the additional accommodation scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18892/25]

799. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she can review correspondence (details supplied) and provide any further clarity on this matter and options open to a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18897/25]

800. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education for an update on the promised new school building for a school (details supplied). [18898/25]

801. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the provision of classes for dyslexia in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary; to outline waiting lists for classes for dyslexia in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18903/25]

802. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans for special needs bus escorts to receive a pay rise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18905/25]

803. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education how many children have been expelled from school in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in national and secondary school, in tabular form; and how many of these had a mental ill health diagnosis or disability. [18906/25]

804. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education how many children have been suspended from school in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in national and secondary schools, in tabular form, and how many of these had a mental ill health diagnosis or disability. [18907/25]

805. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the plans to introduce common enrolment systems to school planning areas in Dublin. [18912/25]

806. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education for a detailed timeframe in bringing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 into full operation, in particular section 13 on the duty of the Minister for Health and Minister for Health and Children to make resources available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18932/25]

807. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18935/25]

808. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the progress on providing a new building for a school (details supplied); and if a reply has been received in relation to the queries raised in response to the Tender Report. [18937/25]

809. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the progress on providing a new building for a school (details supplied); if the promised meeting of all stakeholders, to discuss and agree a preferred option which can be further developed and prepared to be submitted for planning permission; and if not, when such a meeting will be scheduled. [18938/25]

810. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the interim measures that will be taken to improve the energy rating and heat retention of a school building (details supplied), pending completion of the school building. [18939/25]

811. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the science implementation grant to fund schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18940/25]

812. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the eligibility criteria and process for a school to utilise the additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18942/25]

813. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the timeline in which a school can expect to receive approval to avail of the additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18943/25]

814. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if her Department has a defined service level response time in which it responds to emails from principals of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18944/25]

815. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the steps a principal can take to escalate a query if they have not received response to emails sent to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18945/25]

816. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to engage with parents of children who have been refused access to a reading school place in areas (details supplied), to find a suitable reading school place for their child for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18946/25]

817. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to engage with parents of children who have been refused access to a reading school place in the Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Donabate and surrounding areas to find a suitable reading school place for their child for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18947/25]

818. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to open additional reading school places to meet the demands of children living in areas (details supplied) for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18948/25]